Wow its been somtime since I was on this board, been a busy couple of years but now have some time to get back to my pins!
I've noticed this since I got my pin a few years ago but always thought it was normal...now not so sure....
Sometimes when pulling the shooting rod all the way back for full
power (or almost all the way back) the ball will shoot out of the
shooter lane and somehow hit a bump or snag where it loses its force
and goes into the O-R-C Lanes or the Tower.
Many times the ball will go all the way around the board and shoot
back to the flippers like you think it would.
Somtimes this happens when not even pulling the shooter rod all the
way back, but halfway....
Is this a common problem on LOTR or there an adjustment I should be
making or area I should be looking at?
I think it has to be 1 of 3 three things:
1.)The ball actually launches up and hits the bottom of the sword ramp after leaving the shooter lane ramp
-2.)The ball somehows hits the lip of the metal guide on the Merry
orbit path when leaving the shooter lane ramp.
-3.)The ball successfully leaves the shooter ramp but hits the metal rail by the right bumber slowing the ball and sending it
into the ORC lanes.
Hard to determine exactly as it happens so fast and it doesn't happen
all the time.
As far as I can tell the shooter rod is centered on the ball (by
eyeballing it at least).
Is this common...any suggestions?
(different subject but when the ball does clear the shooter ramp successfully it sometimes hits the Orthanc post in the back even though it is down...again common issue?)
THANKS!